Alcohol, cannabis, morphine, chloroform, and other skillfully combined ingredients. It sounds like a recipe for disaster. Or the toxicology report from a coroner. But no. It’s neither.
What you just read was once the concoction that people casually consumed to treat a cough back in the day.
It’s just one of many strange and somewhat ridiculous norms once held in high regard. And the “receipts” for them can be found on a page aptly called Old School Ridiculous. The online community has more than 159,000 members who are there to laugh at the past. And while some of the history posts are no laughing matter, many of them are so ludicrous that it is genuinely laughable.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the most bizarre pictures from the page. So keep scrolling and be prepared to be blown away by the things that humanity once found quite normal, but in reality, show just how backwards we were, and how far we’ve come.
#1 A Cartoon About A Hypothetical “Pocket Telephone,” From 1919
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#2 Ella Fitzgerald Arrested After Singing To An Integrated Audience In 1955
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#3 Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Was Arrested For Protesting In 1961
She was tested for mental illness because law enforcement couldn’t think why a white woman would want civil rights.
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#4 Menswear From The Jc Penney Catalog, 1970
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#5 Whiskey Vending Machine, 1960
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#6 Defense Shoes To Protect Young Girl From Street Romeos
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#7 The 1903 Mugshot Of Bertha Liebbeke, A Woman Who Would Approach Wealthy Men In Crowds And Pretend To Faint In Their Arms — Then Would Relieve Them Of All The Valuables In Their Pockets
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#8 Never Forgot This Proactive Ad From When I Was A Kid
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#9 Futuristic Baby Stroller, West Germany, 1950s
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#10 Paparazzi Take Pictures Of Bill Clinton’s Cat Named Socks, 1992
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#11 A Dangerous Playground From The 70s
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#12 A Union Officer Being Silly 1860-65
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#13 Household Hint From An Old Magazine
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#14 Sugar Information, Inc., 1964
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#15 Now That’s Just Mean. Old Lead Industry Advertisement
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#16 The Shirt Suit Supreme, 1972
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#17 Can You Even Imagine? Northwest Airlines Organist, 1959
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#18 A Sign In A Hotel Room Warns The Occupant That Snoring Is Forbidden, 1926
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#19 The Michelin Band Performs At The Opening Of The Michelin Hour Radio Program, 1928
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#20 For Smokers-In-Bed
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#21 German Greeting Card From The Early To Mid-Century Of A Female Krampus Who Punishes Bad Men
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#22 Let Gert Jonnys Introduce You To The Psychotic World Of 1970s Swedish Dance Music
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#23 Children Dressed As Billiard Balls
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#24 My Grandfather’s Signature Pose In Photos, Took His Resemblance To A Certain Dictator A Little Too Seriously
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#25 The Protection Ball
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#26 Women Are Especially Susceptible, Doctors Say… To Troubles Caused By Harsh Toilet Tissue. Scott, 1930
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#27 Was This A Cojmon Way To Dress Your Bridesmaids Back In The Day?
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#28 72m Marries 22f Step-Granddaughter. 1907
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#29 Teenagers Weekly 1963
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#30 Thank Goodness We Don’t Have Sexist Ads From The 20s To 50s Anymore, Because This Is Just Silly 💀
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#31 Sally Simkin’s Is As Thicc As A Dump Truck…
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#32 Ribs In A Can (Armour, 1963)
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#33 1975 Patons Knitting Pattern, For Larger Sized Woman
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